The Avion
Aldridge, WS9 8PT

The Avion
Aldridge, WS9 8PT

Cask Beers Available

Cask Beers Available

Surrey Nirvana - 4%

Surrey Nirvana

Hogs Back

4% Session IPA

A modern and easy drinking, well balanced session IPA with an enticing aroma blending citrus and tropical notes with a clean, dry finish and characteristic grapefruit high notes. Brewed with Cascade hops from our hop garden and complemented with US Mosaic and Centennial hops added late in the brew to make the perfect tropical marriage.

Jaipur - 5.9%

Jaipur

Thornbridge

5.9% IPA

A citrus dominated India Pale Ale, its immediate impression is soft and smooth yet builds to a crescendo of massive hoppiness accentuated by honey. An enduring, bitter finish.

Cuckoo - 4.3%

Cuckoo

Mauldons

4.3% Golden

A traditional bitter, amber coloured beer brewed with English hops and malted barley for a full malty taste, with hop coming through late.

Doom Bar - 4%

Doom Bar

Sharp's

4% Amber

A perfectly balanced beer combining subtle yet complex flavours. This creates an amber ale which is both satisfying and deliciously moreish.

Ruddles Best - 3.4%

Ruddles Best

Greene King

3.4% Best Bitter

A best bitter brewed with the rare Bramling Cross hop for soft fruit aroma and taste. The satisfying bitterness is balanced by sweet toffee/caramel from the crystal malt. Hops: Goldings, Pilgrim, Bramling Cross and Target.

Abbot Ale - 5%

Abbot Ale

Greene King

5% Premium Bitter

Warming, malty and fruity. Pale and amber malts contribute to a mouth filling and satisfying 'Horlicks' and biscuity maltiness. Challenger and First Gold give a base note of herbal hop and Fuggle as a late hop contributes the main fragrant fruity and floral and spicy notes. Fermented slowly to give just enough fruity esters providing a complex, satisfying and warming experience.

Craft Keg Available

Sumo - 4.7%

Sumo

Mad Squirrel

4.7% Golden

Named after the two heavyweight hops that battle it out in this brew (Summit and Mosaic), $UMO will wrestle your taste buds with a flavour combo of tropical fruit, dank herbs and weighty bitterness. Other beers may enter the ring but $UMO will be the last brew standing. Vegan friendly.

Easy IPA - 4.7%

Easy IPA

Seven Bro7hers

4.7% IPA

Our take on a classic with a modern twist. Inspired by our mates from across the pond, we use American hops that provide fruity aromas and a slight bitterness, making a super easy drinking session IPA. Vegan friendly.

Punk IPA - 5.6%

Punk IPA

BrewDog

5.6% IPA

This Trans-Atlantic fusion IPA is light golden in colour with tropical fruits and light caramel on the nose. The palate soon becomes assertive and resinous with the New Zealand hops balanced by the biscuit malt. The finish is aggressive and dry with the hops emerging over the warming alcohol.

Ciders & Perries Available

Old Rosie (2019) - 6.8%

Old Rosie (2019)

Westons

6.8% Med/Dry Cider

Old Rosie is the name given to our 1921 Aveling and Porter steam roller, that still sits in our yard in Herefordshire. Strong, reliable and so loved by everyone in the Westons family, we named this cloudy cider in her honour. Light, crisp and dry, this truly old fashioned cloudy cider is slowly matured and left unfiltered.

Black Dragon - 7.2%

Black Dragon

Gwynt y Ddraig

7.2% Medium Cider

The legendary Black Dragon! This medium cider now has quite a following amongst the most discerning cider drinkers. It is rich in colour, body and flavour with a fresh, fruity aroma.

Raspberry Ripple - 4%

Raspberry Ripple

Snails Bank

4% Fruit Cider

Sweet cider infused with tart raspberry rippled through with vanilla.

Coming Soon

Patron Saint - 4.3%

Patron Saint

Elgood's

4.3% Bitter

A premium robust bitter, amber chestnut colour with a wonderful aroma of hops and malt, giving a well-balanced bittersweet flavour and a satisfying finish to this distinctive brew. Brewed with well-roasted malts and generous amounts of English hops, for a satisfying finish. The use of wheat malt as well as finest pale Maris Otter malt results in a rich full malty flavour. Challenger hops give a good depth to the bitter finish of the beer.

West Coast IPA - 4.6%

West Coast IPA

Phoenix

4.6% West Coast IPA

A heady waft of hops lead the drinker to a complexity of fruit, malt and hop flavours with a clean dry bitter finish.

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The Avion is in the Walsall CAMRA branch area.